Explore "Reed Call for April" by Madison Cawein on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
I. When April comes, and pelts with buds / And apple-blooms each orchard space, / And takes the dog-wood-whitened woods / With rain and sunshine of her moods, / Like your fair face, like your fair face:
It's honey for the bloom and dew, / And honey for the heart! / And, oh, to be away with you / Beyond the town and mart.
II. When April comes, and tints the hills / With gold and beryl that rejoice, / And from her airy apron spills / The laughter of the winds and rills, / Like your young voice, like your young voice:
It's gladness for God's bending blue, / And gladness for the heart! / And, oh, to be away with you / Beyond the town and mart.
III. When April comes, and binds and girds / The world with warmth that breathes above, / And to the breeze flings all her birds, / Whose songs are welcome as the words / Of you I love, of you I love:
It's music for all things that woo, / And music for the heart! / And, oh, to be away with you / Beyond the town and mart.